How many hours are there in a teacher’s day?

A survey* that was published recently brought out astounding news about teachers’ workload. The study, made in the United Kingdom, outlined that the total number of  hours that teachers work in a week is around 55-60 hours per week. It is clear that some of that time comes from teachers’ personal lives and that their work-life balance will be seriously affected.

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Often, teachers work before the school day begins, in the evenings and during the weekends in order to manage everything that needs to be done. Teachers work around 20-24% of their hours outside regular work time. That is a considerable amount of time! Most of their time outside regular working hours is spent on planning, preparation and assessment activities. Teachers normally spend almost 10 hours a week on assessing and marking their students’ work.

Do teachers have enough hours in the day?

We know from our experience that teachers have a heavy workload that affects their work-life balance. At LangCorr we believe that new technological tools have the capacity to change this situation. We believe that digital marking can restore the work-life balance for teachers. We are very proud of our marking and feedback system Language Corrector which significantly saves teachers’ time and lightens their workload.

Users of Language Corrector estimate they are spending on average 30% less time marking papers. This would mean that instead of 10 hours of correcting a week, the teacher will only spend approximately 7 hours. This works out to 120 hours or 16 extra working days a year saved!

Do you have enough hours in the day? Need more time? Then read more.

*Based on “Teachers’ workload diary survey 2013”, Research report, Department of Education, February 2014.

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